Two-wheeled vehicle



I 'UNIIITEDI STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER H. DIGKEY, OF GONNERSVILLE, INDIANA.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,739, dated March27, 1883.

Application filed January 18, 1883. (No model.)

make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of two-wheeledvehicles commonly known as dog-carts, its object being to render suchvehiclelight and strong in construc-' tion, easy-riding, convenient inmounting and alightin g, and so balanced that the shafts will have alight and easy bearing on a horse.

With these ends in view the invention consists in certain novelconstructions and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterparticularly described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,bFigure l is a side elevation of atwo-whee1ed vehicle constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the running-gear with the body removed.

The shafts are designated bythe lettersAA. They are curved downward attheir rear ends,

behind the whiffletree-barb, and provided with rearward extensions, 0,which are connected with the axle D and curr ed upward and inward behindthe same, as shown at e, to form arms, terminating in shackles c, bywhich are secured the opposite ends of the rear bodyspring, f. I

To the shafts, immediately in the rear of the whiffletree-bar, aresecured shackles g, to which are secured the opposite ends of the frontbodyspring, F. This spring]? is curved upward at its center, and hassecured to the middle portion of its upper side abar, 71., upon theopposite ends of which are secured the forwardlyprojecting ends of arms2', which are secured to the side beams, 70, of the body K.

Upon the rear body-spring, f, sits a frame, L, havingupwardly-projecting armst' i which support the rear or seat portionofthe body.

The letter M indicates a curved. brace-bar, the intermediate portion ofwhich is secured to the axle,while its end portions are bent forward andfirmly attached to the extensions 0 of the shafts.

The letter 8 indicates the mounting-steps, projecting outwardly fromarms which depend from the extension-bars O in front of the wheels. Tothese steps are attached the forward lower ends of fenders t, whichcurve upward and backward over the wheel, and have their upper endssupported by standards 1', rising from the axle.

The side beams, 70, of the body have their forward ends about on a levelwith the upper curved portions of the shafts, and between the same, andthen curved downward and rear ward to about the level of theextension-bars (3, extending rearwardly to near the axle, and are theninclined upward to a suitable height for a seat, and their upper endportions are then extended rearward over the axle to support theseat-box. These side beams are connected by suitable end beams, and totheir front ends the foot-board a is secured. These side beams arefloored underneath to form the bottom of the body, the elevated seatportion of which rests upon the armst of the frame F.

In a vehicle thus constructed, it will be observedthat while the body iswell forward of the axle, so that it will have but very little of thedisagreeable tilting motion so common in vehicles of this class, therewill be but a light bearing on the horse, as the seat is directly ientto get into and out of, the entrance porl tion being well forward of thewheels and depressed to such an extent that a slight raising of the footis necessary to reach the step.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Thecombination, with the downwardly- ,over the axle and supported by thespringf to the rear thereof, and the front spring, F,

curved shafts, the extension-bars 0,,and axle D, of the-upwardly andinwardly curved arms 6, the rear spring, f, and the front spring, F,substantially as described. 5 2. The combination, with thedownwardlycurved shafts, the extension-bars 0, arms a, and the sprin gf, carried by said arms, of the bod yhaving the elevated seat portion,the frame L, mounted on said spring, for supporting said seat portion ofthe body, and a suitable spring carried by the shafts for supporting thefront end of the body, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the shafts,extension-bars, and axle, of thebrace-bar having its intermediate portion secured to the axle and itsend portions bent forward and secured to the said extension-bars,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER H. DIOKEY. Witnesses:

THOMAS F. HAMILTON, WILLIAM G. FORREY.

